Gray Fox ninjas his way into Super Smash Bros. Brawl

by Justin McElroy on Nov 7th 2007 10:00AM

When Solid Snake brings his gravelly verbosity to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it seems he won't be the only Metal Gear Solid character doing battle with Mario and Sonic. The game's official blog revealed today that the OCN (Original Cyborg Ninja) "Gray Fox" will be appearing in the game as an assist trophy.

While we're disappointed he's not playable, we love the way his contribution is described on the blog, which could go down in history as the most straight-forward ninja explanation ever: "He approaches stealthily with lithe jumps, coming right in then slicing repeatedly." ... Yep, that sounds about right.

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Tags: grayfox, metalgearsolid, ssbb, supersmashbrosbrawl, Wii

Reader Comments (49)

I think I speak for MGS fans everywhere when I say, "That's fucking AWESOME!"

+1 ... MGS Fan™-approved. :]

Holy Moo. Nintendo is doing such a HUGE fan service here. I wouldn't be surprised if Mega Man, Santa Claus, and Jesus were announced.

They should just start announcing who won't be in the game.

awesome! Would have made a cool playable character though

I'll bet money that he's playable/unlockable, judging by what Sakurai said on the site.

I'll take that bet, samfish. There's no way they are going to have a playable character from the MGS series besides Snake. That's like saying they're going to put Knuckles in there just so Sonic doesn't feel alone.

Uhh...they added TWO additional characters from the Kirby universe.

But I agree, as much as I would absolutely LOVE to play as Gray Fox, he won't be playable.

Dammit, when are they going to announce the Weighted Companion Cube?!

Maybe you shouldn't have euthanized it!

Valve should sell that radio on their site.

You called? =]

The Weighted Companion Cube is a poor character since it will never stab anyone.

I vote L-block's inclusion.

See, delaying a game for extra shiz like this is ALWAYS welcomed. Take note of this, developers... because this game is truly a system seller.

"A delayed game is delayed until its released. A bad game will be bad forever"

Shigueru Miyamoto

@Fernando, why would you want to quote that Captain Obvious remark by Miyamoto? Thats like saying the sky is blue, its not some epic words from a god. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Thats not how he said it. Shigeru Miyamoto said, "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever."

So, do you want that I repeat other quotes, like "Rumble is last gen", "get a second job" "giant enemy crab" attack his weak for massive damage"

or fanboys quotes: "just wait until lair... just wait until Heavenly... just wait until Ratchet (just 40,000 sales last week), just wait until its $399... just wait until Uncharted"

I think its better the quote from Miyamoto.

Looks like a Wii is on my shopping list this Christmas.

... AGAIN.

Based on the reasoning in the Smash post, this pretty much guarantees that Sonic's buddies will be Assist Trophies in this game.

I believe that was just Paratroopa. Some people mistook him for Tails. And it wouldn't make any sense to show something that big without even announcing it beforehand.

As long as one of those assist trophies is Knuckles

I'll say this again: I want Simon Belmont, Mega Man, Sabin (final Fantasy VI), and Captain N The Game Master.

dude if you're pulling in Square characters... I want Crono.

And Geno.
Or does he count as a Nintendo character?

Geno is owned by Square.

Good suggestions, though.

I know this comment is going to get Buried Into Oblivion©, but I just wanted to say this about Brawl: Too many characters, not enough fun

Must be nice having a finished copy of the game before it's even completed.

Why isn't it enough fun? Game looks fun as hell! (Not burying you)

Geist: Yes it is nice. Actually everyone who owns a Game Cube already has a copy, it's called Super Smash Bros. Melee.
SoulBlade: I'm not a huge fan of any of the Smash Bros. games. Yes I've played them for more than ten seconds. Yes I've played with three other people. I've gone out of my way to get the "best experience" and it just doesn't do it for me. It just seems that every time a new character is added to the roster, everyone gets moist. There comes a point where if you have too many characters, you can't develop and refine them as much as possible(Final Fantasy VI is a good example of this.)

Why would they need to develop the characters? The characters are already developed in their respective games.

True, this isn't an RPG, its a simple (well not that simple really) fighting game...

I see your point about Brawl/Melee, but there's a lot more to this game. I mean, the basic play mechanics are the same around, but I'm definitely looking forward to Final-Smashing my friends into Oblivion© and having Gray Fox slice'n'dice.
Plus, the multitude of characters, I find, is much better, since it means everyone who plays the game can find someone they like and play with them. Just as long as they don't dredge the bottom of the barrel (I question the addition of King Dedede, for example...)

Goddammit NIntendo. It's like when you think the game can't get any better, BAMMMMM!!!!! Nintendo fucking surprises you again.

And the awesome part is there's a part of everyone who thinks there's more to come...

I stood up and raised my fists into the air.

Then I read "assist trophy,"

Then I sat back down and said, "Oh, that's nice..."

That sounds surprisingly like my reaction. "Oh, okay. Cool. So what other news is there?"

Unless they put the Weighted Companion Cube into that bloody game I don't really care. Why don't they post the mile long list of characters that will in the game and have done with?

Oh wait, that would mean there wouldn't be posts in forums and gaming blogs EVERY FIVE BLOODY MINUTES, hyping one of a handful of Wii games anyone gives two shits about now would there?

We get it, you don't like the game. But I still love how they're trickling out information. It keeps a balance between releasing everything and have people go "OH MAN SO MUCH but we want more!" to people completely forgetting entirely.

No, I don't like stupid hype machines you cock-sucking fanboy!

Looks like someone didn't read what the Melee pros said about the Brawl-

http://gamernode.com/interviews/4842-the-competitive-brawl-hugs-and-gimpy-weigh-in-on-super-smash-bros-brawl/index.html

"The one thing that I cannot stress enough is this: Super Smash Bros. Brawl is NOT Super Smash Bros. Melee 2."

So it isn't like Melee 2. Read the link and they go on about how it's more based on aerial combat, has different physics altogether and slowed down game speed.

Or will this (cue emo side) "get buried into oblivion" ;) sorry to piss on your fire...

grrr reply broke, this was to Zero a few posts up.

Aerial combat? Bleh, I dislike most games that focus on that crap. Seeing as how the point of SSB is to knock the opponent off the screen, I see this as an attempt to make that goal easier. Besides, how the hell could Bowser and Donkey Kong have even half a chance against King Dedede in the air? That mofo can fly!

They should quit announcing assist trophies, it's extremely misleading when you're not fully awake.

Nice. It's good to see that Snake won't be alone on this game, even though his companion will be an assist trophy but it's still nice news to hear. Now we only need Ryu from Street Fighter or Megaman and this will be the game that in other words, will be the epithome of epicness.

Come on! Confirm any of those two already for God's sake!

It would be awesome to see Square characters, though I'm not talking about Cloud/Sephy, but Frog and Crono would be too badass.

It'd be cool if Metal Gear was a weapon and you could stomp on him, leaving a bloody trail.

I can't believe you called Gray Fox the Original Cyborg Ninja. Have you ever played Mortal Kombat?

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